Ball-bearing.



T. GJRBNNERFBLT.

/ BALL BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 26, 1911.

Patented June 9, 1914,

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dmww iinnrm'mya subject ofpthe King of Sweden;

' 'rr'imn eusrnr REN'NERFELT; or srocxinomvr, SWEDEN,

Barnnnrmme.

T at w/wm it may concern;

" and a resident of Stockholm, in the Kingdom g-of 'swedeny have inventedmertain new and- "useful, Improvements in Ball-Bearings, of

i :whichthe following is a specification.

v This-invention relates-to improvements in ball bearings, 'andit has .foritsobjects to increase the 'efliciency and reliability of such bearings, and to soarrange them that anv i one ball utilized thereinshallbe able to sus tain both lateral and axial-pressure and shall not'becomerjammed or be sub Ot her ob e'cts are-to accomplish such a ected to abnormally high pressure.

bearing which may be cheaply constructed jand readily applicable'to various purposes.

-My invention is illustratedin the accompanying'drawings in which-e;

Figure- 1 .is "a longitudinal sectional view of a vbearing?- applicable for instance to .the

hub of a'wheel rotatably-jmounted on a shaft, as a loose pulley or awhe'el foran automobile. Fig.2 is a cross sectional view taken through ig. 1 on the lineX--X, and ashsoen looking thereat in thedirection of l thejarrow. Fig. 3 is-a cross sectional view of a detail called a -mu tila ted1 ball or spherical roller.

' called a yo, e.

- I sishaft is'represented by 2,-and'3, 4 represent- R ferr'ing .to the drawings I in detail, the

balls or bodies of rotation haying spherical rolling faces. A sleeve -5 together-With the; inner racerin s 6. and 7 mounted thereon qfo0n'stiti1te'the mner track,-the rolling faces of the race'ring's. being formed concave,

" -thecenter of curvature of said faces being {shown at A and B respectively. A shoulder .8 atone en'dof the sleeve,'anda nut 9 at its other end serve to'keep the race rings in their proper position. A second sleeve '10 of proper length is'interposed between the races to prevent the possibility of .toogreat a pressure being brought upon the balls by undue tightenmg'of the nut. A frame or casing ll-ofcastmaterial, for instance malleable iron; together with. the outer race Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 26,1911. Serial No. 667,823.

Fi 4 is 'a 'side View of a detail Patented J 11110 9. 1 a1 4 rings 12 and 14: constitute the outer track of the hearing; The rolling faces of the lacerings 12 and 14 are spherical, and are located tlvely to the inner race rings, th ir center being located at() and I) respectiiely. All

obliquely relatively to each other and re1ah the races preferably consist of hardened steel rings, the surface which fits on .sleeve or in casing being cylindrical, and the roll ing surfaces accurately ground to the shape described.

The spherical rollers 3 are shown as com- .plete balls, kept apartbya ball retainer or yoke 15. The spherical rollers 4 are shown as mutilated balls or middle sections of spheres mounted with their axes at an acute angle with the shaft. They are indicated as so that they are able to sustain the greater pressure' to which they .'may be subjected during the operation of the hearing. A stud and the ends of the studs are journaled in bearing blocks 17-, which are slidin 'ly supported in slots 18 milled in radial -direction in the yoke 19 to such depth thatthe studs yoke 19 is independent of theyoke 15. It is mounted in the bearing concentrically with the shaft, and serves to keep, the rollers in proper position with the axis of a roller. in

the same plane as the center line of the shaft.

As shown on the drawing it is similar to the yoke described. in my pending'application 3 for U. S. Patent Serial No. 626557. 1'

- 20 represents a nut threaded upon the end of much greater diameter than the balls 8,

16 passes through the centerof each roller,

of the shaft and serving to clamp the inner track to'the' shaft. 21 represents a dustguard', and 22 cap shown as oblique spherical zones,-the diamclosing the end of the bearing; The'run-Z ning faces of the race rings .12 and 14 are eterat one end being greater than at the other end, and their greatest diameter being". I

smaller than the diameter ofthe sphere'. I Inthe operation of the bearing any bendthe pressures upon which .will'be directed 95. I ing moment; orlany lateral or axial pressurel Jon the bearing will be resisted'by the balls,

i are notexposed to pressure radially. The j along lines A O and. B d), which for! acute angles with the center line ot the sha The halls will assume such a posi .iou in hiariue; that their centers will lie on tli 5 straiahtliucs A-il or B-D. The i tlwill be the ccuter line of the hoari around which the halls and also the cat] will revolve, and. the balls will move in roles upon the spherical surface even thougl the short ring upon which this face is ground he placed eccentrically or obliquely in. the ing, which will frequently occur in practice. This would not be the case it the face of the race had any other shape than spherical, and

cicntly hard and free from blowholes. It will thus be seen th'ati the structure how disclosed causes the pressures on the dill'crent rollers in the same row to intersect in the axis of the'hcaring; that all the rollers in the same row vtravel. at the same speed and roll in the same circle, so that a uui't'orm pressure uponthe rollers or balls is obtained and that no matter how the cylindrical outer surfaces of the outer rings may he tilted to the casing the pressure on any and all the balls ivill still be directed to the points 0 or D on the center line of the bearing.

. It is obvious that. those skilled in; th e 'ail l 40 may vary the details of construction as Well as the arrangement of parts without departing from thospirit of my invcntioin and therforeI do not wish to he limited to the above disclosure'except as my be required bygthe claims.

What I claim is:

1;. In a ball bearing for a shaft the comhination of two outer race rings having;- ohliquely'disposed spherical bearing surfaces whose centers arelocated on the center line ofthe bearing; two innerv race rings-having obliquely disposed concave bearing surfaces whose centers' are located outside oil" said shaft; a series t spherical rollers located between the bearing surfaces of one pair 01' said inner and outer rings with their cone tor s closer-to the center line of said hearing;-

v thaii the gceii'tqr of the bearing surface of the corrcs ii udihf'iunerring; and a second series ot rollers located between the second pair of inner and out-erbearingsurfaces; the centers of the said spherical bearing surfaces ljein lfllocated farther ahar than the ot rollers studs in such pus;

said first iiaincd. otter race .r'iu

races chilled, thus obtaining the aces sulli at the hearing; a plurality oi l3 am:

the center line (it said hearing; an in '1. a hallJacariosr shaft; an outer race 11 l; urine; surface Jlllli i a, sale. wait an m: i it ca e lieaiiu" cu side o I o having .spljic'rical liicariugj sr'xizu between, said s 'ihci'ical and ccucaxe o with their centers located between nhmed centers; studs on which said rol areinouuted; means for maiutaiui ioi that their sect the center line ol i bcarim outer race "his; ol a dianc tor di ll inner race ring! associated with 1 outer race ring: and a secou 'l associated with said and inner race rii scri ed.

suit-dam miugiled a shalt, the couiliiuzu ll (ill a or ralitx of rare rii ot' unrqua titling said casing: and iia'm'idci liqucly disposed. spherical hearing whus'e centers are located on the re sin-ha rings having rout-arc lit'lllllifjj plurality oi; sch; ()ii roller, said inner uiula'auln'r tween the ('llllt'i'rl oi being greater than th distance hclacm the centers oi their co-artiug rollers; and, means For holding" said iuucr rings in posilioiqu silhstautially as dcst'rihcd.

-l. in a call hearing; the couihiuatiou oil pluralit oi? ()llltld'zltft) rings havina' s i' cal hearing surlacis whhsc centers are li-- calid on the center line oi the l'icariii a plurality (.xl iunor race rings harihc; bearing surtaces; fil'll'ltilfltfitl rollers i between said'iui'n'aand. miter hcariu faces; the centers 0t said spherical. lwciug located a greater distauiiie a rs.

are the centers oi the corrce moans 'l orliolilin a h .ili i in position; and means for li 'ildi'up; sa d rot crs in position, substantially as des ribed.

= luafihall bcarin tho conibiuahi Ll ot a raft; an outer race ring! haring a rill 13" hearing; surface whose center 's located on w l l ill rollers in position, a second outer race ring Stockholm, and Kingdom of Sweden, this of a diameter different from said first named eighth day of December A. D. 1911. outer race rin a second inner race 'rin 1 1 and a second et of rollers associated with 'lURE GUSTAF RELNERFELT' said second outer and inner racerings, sub- Witnesses: stantially as described. MELA PRISU,

Signed at Stockholm, in the countv fit A. THANDERS. 

